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Take a peek inside a designer’s sketchbook

1st Jun 09

What I’m about to do is, for some, the equivalent to running down a busy high street naked. The sketchbook is a very personal possesion for every artist & designer as its contents are a visual representation of the owners thoughts. There are no rules in the sketchbook, anything goes, you are allowed complete freedom of expression without someone telling you to change it. Plus, it’s a great way of analysing how you have improved (or not) over the years.

The photos below are snipets of my recent sketches which are random pieces of paper stuck into one blank A4 booklet. Of course this is just a snippet, I chose to leave out my secret ideas, you’ll have to pay me for a private dance.

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Most of what you see above, is in use somehow, somewhere, within my work. (And yes, I am fully aware that I spelt “Disorder” wrong hehe).

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Gareth Hardy
Gareth is a brand identity designer specialising in creative logo design & identity. He is the author of Smashing Logo Design, a book dedicated to everything 'logo'.
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  1. 01/06/09
    11:28 am
    Sneh | LBOI Blog
    Woahh! Awesome stuff there mate!! Some really cool sketches and some really unusual research data :P
  2. 01/06/09
    3:47 pm
    Joshua Geiger
    Very interesting collection of stuff. Everything from mind-mapping bubbles to disturbing photos and incredible sketches. It would awesome to just thumb through page by page, I'm sure! :) Thanks for the insight.
  3. 01/06/09
    3:55 pm
    Lindsey
    Very cool :) You made me realize how messy I sketch, LOL. Well, at least sometimes. When I do have the time, the pages look more organized.
  4. 01/06/09
    7:48 pm
    Nathan Sarlow
    That's sweet buddy! very nice. some nice web layouts in there too - maybe you should use one of those :)
  5. 01/06/09
    8:09 pm
    penflare
    Awesome Gareth! I'll have to publish some of my drawings someday. Some gorgeous drawings there tho, not so fond of the obese pics tho'... lol see ya man
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